Kids Comics Pitchfest 2026 Showcase
Comics creators from around the world submit their unpublished projects to be previewed online by editors and agents. A panel of judges (click here to see the juror list) select the top pitches. Projects are archived here so that industry pros may view them and discover new talent.
The Mac and Cheese Detective Agency
Introducing The Mac and Cheese Detective Agency, a new graphic novel series for young readers.
Meet Mac, a young playful popcorn obsessed monkey with a gift for solving mysteries and Cheese, a fast-talking young mouse who really, really doesn’t like cats as they set out on their toughest case yet.
The world’s biggest diamond has disappeared without a trace, only Mac and Cheese can solve the mystery.
After following the clues, our two heroes are thrown into a showdown with the greedy villain Dr Hamstein.
Will they solve the case and will the grown-ups learn that there are many more valuable things in life than the world’s biggest diamond?
Designed to be easy to read and re-read, with a smile.
Age Range:
Early Reader (approx ages 5-7)Genre:
Adventure, HumorPage Count Estimate:
180-200
My Why:
I’ve been lucky to have worked with awesome teams on great game and animation projects over the years, all the while I’ve been working on my own characters and stories and now I want to tell their tales.
Seeing my own young children inspired by the love their first books has been an amazing experience for me.
With a playful cartoon style packed with movement an expression and lighthearted, inclusive storytelling I would love to inspire other children to read, draw and write stories of their own.
“All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Comp Titles:
13 Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths, The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey, Dog Man by Dave Pilkeysimon credland
Hi, I’m Simon, an author-illustrator from the UK. With over 20 years of experience in character design and animation for award-winning video games and childrens' TV animation I’ve worked with some of the world’s most recognisable characters for Sony, Sega, EA, Rovio (Angry Birds) and most recently as an art lead on the a reboot of the Wombles CG animation.
I have many character-led stories of my own that I’m looking forward to working on, the first is the Mac and Cheese series 🙂